Ivan Cesar

Zagreb, Croatia

Member since May 30, 2016

Ivan has over eight years of work experience on various IT projects - small, medium and large. He's mostly developed web applications using .NET technologies, but has some experience with other technologies as well. He's eager to learn and keep pace with current trends, and he also likes to compete in various algorithm competitions.

Developed a framework to build web and desktop business applications using XML files. Also created a tool using that framework to efficiently build mentioned XML files.

Used DevExpress controls extensively.

Created and consumed SOAP-based web services for client-server communication using WinForms for the client and WCF for the server.

Learned to manage and perform when adding on a large project in the late phase, with loads of legacy Java code. Used various Java technologies and tools such as JSF, JSP, WebSphere, Rational Application Developer, SQLJ, Hibernate...).

Elasticsearch is one of the most powerful full-text search engine solutions out there. Using the NEST package, you can easily leverage the power of Elasticsearch in your .NET projects.
In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Ivan Cesar shows how Elasticsearch can solve real-world full-text search problems in your .NET projects.